Tag: Peacekeeping
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Nigeria deploys 640 soldiers for peacekeeping missions in other countries
D espite the rising cases of insecurity across the country, the Nigeria military has deployed no fewer than 640 soldiers to different peacekeeping missions in other countries. The figure was based on media reports on deployment between July 2021 and May 2022.
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200 Nigerian soldiers depart Liberia after five years of peacekeeping
The last batch of 200 Nigerian peacekeepers deployed in Liberia under the UN Mission in Liberia have withdrawn after five years following the conclusion of their mission in the country. The last military protection force in UNSMIL left Liberia on Thursday as part of the termination of the mission’s mandate, scheduled on March 30, the…
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Lack of funding is threatening peacekeeping mission in Somalia – AU
Lack of funding is threatening the operations of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), an African Union (AU) official said Thursday. Francisco Madeira, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the AU Commission for Somalia and Head of AMISOM, said the inadequate funding threatened the operations of peacekeepers and the Somali security forces. “Without funding,…
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Nigerian Army to deploy 230 personnel to Liberia for peacekeeping operations – Buratai
The Nigerian Army is to deploy 230 personnel, including 19 officers and 211 soldiers to Liberia, Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has said. Speaking in Kaduna at the end of a four-week intensive training on leadership and peacekeeping for the personnel, Buratai, charged them to shun acts that could tarnish Nigeria’s image. “You…
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Nigerian soldier on peacekeeping mission killed in Darfur
A Nigerian peacekeeper serving with the African Union-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) has been killed in Darfur, the UNAMID said said on Thursday. UNAMID, in a statement said the Nigerian soldier was killed by an unidentified group in a carjacking incident in Nyala, South Darfur State. The Mission extended its condolences to the family…
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UN Peacekeeping Head advocates peaceful transition in DRC
Addressing the Security Council, the head of United Nations peacekeeping operations today urged the international community to push for a swift endorsement of the 31 December political accord in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and to put in place a transitional government of national unity. “The signing of the 31 December accord gives…
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Nigeria to deploy 800 soldiers to Darfur for Peacekeeping
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday said Nigeria would deploy 800 soldiers to the United Nations Mission (UNAMID) in Dafur. Buratai made the disclosure at the Nigerian Army Peace Keeping Centre during the graduation of 755 soldiers and 45 officers that participated in the pre-deployment training in Jaji, Kaduna State.…